Sacred Calling, Secular Accountability: Law and Ethics in Complementary and Spiritual Counseling

by Ronald Bullis

Overview

Increasingly, counselors are practicing spiritual or complementary interventions. In balance, how counselors use such interventions is under closer examination by law. This effort to protect clients is embedded in ethical and legal principles, but rarely addressed in the mental health literature. This book will fill that gap by offering a clear understanding of the context of the law. Detailed case studies are given in each chapter as a centerpiece to the understanding, interpretation, and application of the laws. The author, with his unique qualifications in legal and spiritual areas, pays critical attention to the issues of culture throughout this resource that includes handy appendices of a legal glossary, abbreviations, literature review, and an exercise on how to find the law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134944095
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
File size:	955 KB

About the Author

Bullis, Ronald

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Jurisprudence and Spiritual or Complementary Interventions; Chapter 2 Criminal Charges; Chapter 3 Civil Liabilities; Chapter 4 Licensure and Insurance Issues; Chapter 5 Ethical Implications and Ethical Models for the New Millennium; Chapter 6 Religious Affiliation, “Cults,” Coercion, and Counseling; Chapter 7 The “Cultural Defense,” Liability in School Counseling, and Vicarious Liability for Social Work Schools; Chapter 8 A Brief Afterword;

Editorial Reviews

A Virginia-based Presbyterian minister with a background in clinical social work, Bullis explains how counselors who use complementary therapies or interventions may face legal challenges, and how they can prevent them from arising. He points out that though many counselors, especially in government agencies, hesitate to discuss religion or spirituality with clients for fear of legally interfering with their beliefs, the law is clear that the freedom to practice religion does not mean freedom from any discussion of religion. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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